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Wordless Wednesday: The Turning

November 8, 2017 by Beth

With a forecast of our first freeze on Friday, I pause to say goodbye to the exuberant annuals that have graced our cottage. I bow to the turning.

Categories Enchantment - To Hold Stillness, Our Beloved Gaia Earth Tags Autumn, beauty, flowers, gratitude, Laurel Hill Cottage, Nature

Wordless Wednesday: The Sweet, Endangered, Elusive Wood Thrush Visits

October 4, 2017 by Beth

The sweet song of the wood thrush is unmistakable, but increasingly rare, as they are very endangered. Also famously elusive, we were lucky this day.

Categories Enchantment - To Hold Stillness, Our Beloved Gaia Earth Tags ecology, Laurel Hill Cottage, Nature, Wordless Wednesday 3 Comments

Wishing You a Merry May Eve and Joyful Beltane

April 30, 2017 by Beth

Blessings of May Eve and Beltane! Let us celebrate this magical time together, knowing we are blessed by countless ancestors and Divine Ones as we do.

Categories Enchantment - To Know, Magic and Ritual, Seasonal lore and magical days Tags ancestors, Beltane, faery, God, joy, Laurel Hill Cottage, love, magic, Nature, sabbats, shadow, spells, Spring, Witchcraft

Wordless Wednesday: The Fragrant, Fertile Greening

April 12, 2017 by Beth
Clematis Threshold, by John Rottet

The Green Veil spreads across our woods and gardens at Laurel Hill Cottage. Won’t you pause a moment today, and cherish the fragrant touch of Spring?

Categories Enchantment - To Hold Stillness, Our Beloved Gaia Earth Tags beauty, flowers, Laurel Hill Cottage, Nature, Spring, Wordless Wednesday 3 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Wintertime Wisdom

January 25, 2017 by Beth

Phoebe the wise zen kitty teaches by example: Today I will live in the moment…unless that moment becomes unpleasant, in which case I’ll take a nap.

Categories Enchantment - To Hold Stillness, Personal news and updates Tags Laurel Hill Cottage, peace, Winter, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Laurel Hill Cottage In Winter

January 11, 2017 by Beth

It has been a while since I posted a Wordless Wednesday, but the images that John has made of our beautiful snowfall are too good not to share. Enjoy.

Categories Illumination - To Hold Stillness, Our Beloved Gaia Earth Tags beauty, Laurel Hill Cottage, Nature, peace, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Basking In the Stillness of Late Summer

August 24, 2016 by Beth

On a recent walk down our hill to the river, my sweetie noticed Sister Turtle basking in the sun. Like her, may we pause and savor Summer’s pleasures. Blessings!

Categories Illumination - To Hold Stillness, Our Beloved Gaia Earth Tags beauty, Laurel Hill Cottage, Little River, Nature, peace, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: If Change Is In the Wind, Let Me Soar

August 10, 2016 by Beth

In July, John took this photo of Sister Blue Heron, as she flew along the Little River, just down the hill from our Laurel Hill Cottage. Change is in the wind.

Categories Illumination - To Hold Stillness, Our Beloved Gaia Earth Tags awareness, Laurel Hill Cottage, Little River, Nature, Wordless Wednesday 5 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: A Timely Visit from Owl Guardian

July 20, 2016 by Beth

My owl guardian has been nearby, calling at night, and communing with me during the afternoons. Her blessings and protection are humbly accepted.

Categories Illumination - To Hold Stillness, Personal news and updates Tags blessings, guardian, Laurel Hill Cottage, magic, Nature, owl, Wordless Wednesday 1 Comment

Wordless Wednesday: Our New Neighbor

June 8, 2016 by Beth

Outside our bedroom window, through the closed glass and screen, John took this lovely shot of the new baby in the camellia bush getting lunch.

Categories Illumination - To Hold Stillness, Our Beloved Gaia Earth Tags beauty, Laurel Hill Cottage, Nature, Wordless Wednesday
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